Scammers who target people with special needs
By Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
Denmark
August 16, 2021 8:09am CST
Some criminals target a specific group of people like people with special needs, and I just read about one of those cases. The victim was an intellectually disabled woman from my country. A man contacted her on facebook and they arranged a meeting. When they met she told him that she had some financial problems, and he offered to help her. She was happy that he wanted to help her, and she thought it was really nice of him.
Unfortunately her new "friend" was a scammer. He told her that he needed her passport, her digital ID and her health card and she gave him everything he asked for 
You can probably guess how it ended. He used her ID and he managed to spend 200000 kr (about $31000) before he was caught.
When he was caught he said: "Yes, I did it. I scammed her, but I had to do it, I needed the money." He also said that it wasn't his fault that she liked him 
He managed to scam 14 people and many of them had intellectual disabilities.
You can probably guess how it ended. He used her ID and he managed to spend 200000 kr (about $31000) before he was caught.
When he was caught he said: "Yes, I did it. I scammed her, but I had to do it, I needed the money." He also said that it wasn't his fault that she liked him He managed to scam 14 people and many of them had intellectual disabilities.9 people like this
10 responses
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
16 Aug 21
Scammers are the scum of the earth.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
16 Aug 21
I completely agree. This one managed to scam 14 people before he was caught.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
17 Aug 21
@Porcospino @marlina I understand people needing money, but those scammers work just as hard at stealing it as they would doing a real job. I just don't get it.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
16 Aug 21
Me too. I hope he has to spend a lot of time in prison. He took advantage of several vulnerable people.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
16 Aug 21
So sorry for her...yes there are many who take the advantage of disable people...
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
16 Aug 21
Yes, unfortunately that happens quite often. There have been other cases from my country for instance cases where the scammers pretended to be from the police.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
17 Aug 21
@prashu228 Yes, it is, and some of them manage to scam many people before they are caught. If they have access to people's digital IDs they can do a lot of things, like borrow money and buy expensive things.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
16 Aug 21
@Porcospino that's disgusting..on their part..
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
16 Aug 21
Yes, they target people who are vulnerable. I hope this man gets the punishment he deserves. It was so sad to read about the woman, she kept repeating how nice it was that the man wanted to help her.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
17 Aug 21
@LadyDuck I agree. I am not why sure what punishment this man will get. I only know that he was caught when the woman's mother reported him to the police.
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@LadyDuck (458309)
• Switzerland
17 Aug 21
@Porcospino Those people must be severely punished as an example for the others.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
16 Aug 21
That is true, and they often take advantage of people who are vulnerable like that woman.
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
16 Aug 21
Goodness,that's so sad scammers are all over we need to be very careful
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
16 Aug 21
Yes, we need to be very careful. We meet all sorts of people online and some of them don't have good intentions.
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
16 Aug 21
@Porcospino many are there to hurt ,explore and execute their evil plans
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Aug 21
No, no remorse at all. He doesn't think that he did anything wrong ...
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
16 Aug 21
The woman's mother found out what had happened, and she reported him to the police.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
17 Aug 21
Yes, it is. At least he was caught. I hope he gets the punishment he deserves.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
17 Aug 21
He definitely deserves a long jail term. He really took advantage of that woman, and when she realised what was going on it was too late.
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